immigration

Working from the beach. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Waves of departure from the West as a result of the erosion of democracy and the cost of living

Declining trust in democracy, leaving Western countries, brain drain from the West, high cost of living and corruption, weakening of democratic institutions, emigration from the West, democratic crisis in the West
The Trump administration is harming higher education institutions from many directions. Illustration via ideogram.ai

The upheaval in American science: What will remain of Trump's policies and how uncertainty is harming the next generation of researchers

Two Science reports in January 2026 describe “noisy” moves that sometimes stall in the face of structural changes that could weaken the training pipeline — from budgets to immigration and DEI
Archaeologists attribute these simple urns, buried as burial gifts in the 8th and 9th centuries AD, to the ancient Slavs. Credit: Archaeological Museum Zadar

Ancient skeleton genome reveals: Slavic people originated in large-scale migration from Eastern Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire

Comprehensive DNA research suggests that the Slavicization of Europe resulted from a large population movement after the fall of the Roman Empire, rather than from language assimilation by local elites
A real danger to American academia and the economy as a result of the government's interference with the entry of foreign students. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The economic argument for foreign students is no longer convincing – and the damage to America is enormous

The American public has ceased to be impressed by the economic contribution of international students, while Trump's policies harm higher education institutions and endanger tens of billions in the American economy.
The population of Japan is small. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Beyond the peak: from 2080 the world's population will begin to shrink

A new UN report states that the world's population will begin to decrease in 2080. The population of Israel, on the other hand, will continue to grow even after the end of the century
A scene demonstrating what the Neolithic period looked like. Created using Dali 2

A study conducted in Morocco found genetic kinship between African hunter-gatherers, European farmers and shepherds from the Mazat

This complex interaction of cultures between 5500 and 4500 BC in the Maghreb region led to exchanges of knowledge, cultural changes and mutual genetic influences
Population explosion. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The population explosion and climate change: equivalent denial

The Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Photo: Thomas Schoch – www.retas.de GFDL CC BY-SA 3.0

Climate migrants and the big city

Genetic analysis suggests that humans have inhabited the Tibetan Plateau continuously since the last ice age. In the picture - a Buddhist stupa and houses in a Tibetan town. Photo: Jialiang Gao / Wikimedia.

When did the first Tibetans live?

A wildebeest herd crosses a river in the great migration of 2008. Photo: shutterstock

Wandering…

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Mood for immigration

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Who really discovered America?

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Rat DNA may tell about marine migrations